Autumn Rolfson (Earth-616)

Famine
Name	Autumn Rolfson
Current Alias	Famine
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Clan Akkaba Formerly Horsemen of Apocalypse
Relatives	Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Rolfson (parents) Children: Genocide (William) (son, deceased)
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	5′2″ (1.57 m)
Weight	65 lbs (29.48 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Brown
Unusual Features	Emaciated form
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Former mutant, later amplified by Apocalypse in his Celestial Ship
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Cleveland, Ohio
Place of Death	Akkaba City, Arctic Circle
Cause of Death	Killed by Archangel
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Student; Horseman of Apocalypse
Base of Operations	Formerly Apocalypse's Celestial Ship; Cleveland, Ohio
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson
First	X-Factor #12 (October, 1986)
First	X-Factor #12 (October, 1986)
Death	Uncanny X-Force #16 (October, 2011)
Death	Uncanny X-Force #16 (October, 2011)

 Apocalypse, hear me! I beat her fair and square...I could kill her now! You promised me...if I won...I could smash America's bread basket...and melt the fat off this land, forever! 

—Famine

Autumn Rolfson was one of Apocalypse's Horsemen, Famine. After having a son with Apocalypse, she hid with Clan Akkaba to protect him.

History

Origin

Autumn Rolfson was a young, spoiled, anorexic girl who lived with her parents in Cleveland, Ohio. Autumn's parents were upset that she didn't eat, because that meant she might have had to go to a hospital again which would likely lead to her school grades slipping. Autumn's parents also pointed out that if the neighbors knew she was a mutant that disintegrated food, they'd think they were all freaks. Autumn was upset by this, thinking her parents didn't care about her, just the way other people saw her.

Apocalypse waited in her room and told Autumn that she could get revenge on her parents and on those who hated and feared her. Autumn agreed and was teleported away to his Celestial Ship, where she cut off her hair and donned a sickly green mask. Apocalypse made her his Horseman, Famine. As Famine, Rolfson often bickered with the man chosen to be War, much to Apocalypse's annoyance.

During their first mission, Famine argued with War and Pestilence as none of them wished to take orders from the other. They battled X-Factor in Central Park where they were defeated by Iceman. After the fourth Horseman, Death, was revealed, Apocalypse pit his minions against each other to find a leader. Death easily defeated Famine and the others and was chosen by Apocalypse to lead the group.

Fall of the Mutants

After Apocalypse teleported X-Factor to his ship, Famine battled Iceman once again. She was eventually defeated, but quickly recovered and joined the other Horsemen as they set out to Manhattan to cause chaos. There, Famine battled Marvel Girl and easily defeated her. As a reward Apocalypse teleported her to America's farm belt so she could disintegrate the crops and cattle, but she was ultimately defeated by Captain America.

Famine returned to Apocalypse's side shortly after her defeat. After Apocalypse's ship repaired itself, Famine held up a glass in celebration with Apocalypse and his remaining henchmen.

Apocalypse, fearing the Celestials' wrath for allowing X-Factor to escape, sent Famine, War, and Caliban to the Morlock Tunnels in search of replacements for the deceased Pestilence and the defected Death. After easily defeating several Morlocks, Famine and War turned on Caliban as they plotted to murder him without Apocalypse's knowledge. Famine used her powers to incapacitate Caliban, but interference from the New Mutants prevented War from finishing him off. Feral soon attacked Famine, who drained her lifeforce. However, while she was distracted, Erg blasted Famine unconscious. After the battle, Caliban returned to Apocalypse with Famine and War. Apocalypse ordered Caliban to take them to his bio lab for restoration, but to not let them rejoin Caliban again.

X-Cutioner's Song

Famine later appeared alongside War and the new Death, where they captured Jean Grey and Cyclops and handed them to Apocalypse, who was Mister Sinister in disguise. The X-Men and X-Factor sought out the Horsemen and, though Famine took out Beast, she was beaten by Quicksilver.

Dark Angel Saga

During her time serving as a Horseman, Autumn had an affair with Apocalypse and conceived a son, William. Fearing Apocalypse would view her son as a threat and kill him, Autumn went into hiding with Clan Akkaba at Akkaba Metropolis.

Autumn and her son remained in hiding until she was found by Archangel during his ascension as the new Apocalypse. He recruited William, now codenamed Genocide, to help to cleanse the world and restart evolution. When Autumn later realized that he was turning her son into a monster just like his father, she pulled a pair of guns on Archangel and demanded he release them from his service. Archangel swiftly sliced her in half with one of his wings, killing her.

Attributes

Powers

Currently none. Autumn is mutant, and may or may not have lost her mutant powers due to the effects of M-Day, as she did not use them at all at any point from her re-appearance with Clan Akkaba until her death.

Former Powers

• Organic Disintegration: Autumn can disintegrate organic matter.
• Emaciation: Autumn can induce extreme hunger pains when she targets nearby humans and animals. She can also cause an emaciated state through physical contact. When Famine tries to use these powers on beings that don't require food or water to survive, it causes the effect to backfire and target her instead.

Notes

• Jean Grey once said that after some time and enough food, Famine's effect wears off.

See Also

• 21 appearance(s) of Autumn Rolfson (Earth-616)
• 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Autumn Rolfson (Earth-616)
• 5 minor appearance(s) of Autumn Rolfson (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Autumn Rolfson (Earth-616)
• 14 image(s) of Autumn Rolfson (Earth-616)
• 3 quotation(s) by or about Autumn Rolfson (Earth-616)
• 1 victim(s) killed by Autumn Rolfson (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Autumn Rolfson on Wikipedia.org
• uncannyxmen.net Character Profiles: Famine
• http://www.marveldirectory.com/xoops/modules/wordbook/entry.php?entryID=250